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PIPING FOR Booms AND SHOES. i

Patented Mar. 14, 1882.

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CHARLES D. WOOD, OF LINCOLN, RHODE ISLAND.

PIPING FOR BOOTS ND SHOES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 255,067, dated March 14, 1882.

Application led February 6, 1&52. (No model.)

To all whom 'it may concern Beit known that I, CHARLES D. WOOD, of Lincoln, in the county ofProvidenee and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain Improvements in Piping for Boot and Shoe Uppers, of which the following isa specification.

This invention relates to hoot and shoe piping, composed of afolded strip of leather adapted to be inserted between two parts of a boot or shoe upper, the two parts and the piping being stitched together, leaving the folded edge of the piping strip exposed to View between said parts.

My invention consists'in a piping-strip of this class in which the folded leather is supplemented by a strip of cloth which is cemented between the folds of the leather and projects `beyond thesanie atoneedgeof the strip, thereby giving the strip sufficient Width to enable it to be conveniently handled and placed in position between the parts of the upper, as I will now proceed to describe.

Of the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specication, Figure l represents aside View, and Fig. 2 an end view, of a pipingstrip embodying myimprovement, both of said views being considerably enlarged.

In carrying out my invention I take a strip, A, of any suitable textile fabric. One edge of this strip is preferably folded, as at a, to thicken the folded edge of the piping, as is often done, by inserting a cord in the folded edge. Over the strip A, I fold a strip of leather, B, of such width that it will only partially cover the strip A, leaving one edge of the same projecting. In practice I use only enough material in the strip B to cover the folded edge of the strip A and project below said edge far enough to properly receive the stitches that connect the piping-strip to the boot or shoe upper. The width ofleather indicated is sucient after the piping is attached, and the excess in width afforded by the cloth strip is then snperuous; but it is found that a piping-strip of such width is inconvenient to handle and insert between the parts of the upper. It is obvious, therefore, that by the, use of the cloth strip I obtain a piping-strip of convenient width without making it entirely ofleather, so that a considerabl-e saying is effected in expense of stock, the cloth costing very inuchless than the leather. he leather is also re-enforced or strengthened and stiffened by the cloth, as in the clothlined stay shown in Reissued Letters Patent Not-8,606, granted to A. Seaver, March 4,1869, so that cheap spongy leather can be used for the piping, the leather being made durable by the cloth cemented to it, and also stiifened, so that it will not be limp and inconvenient to handle.

I claim- As an article of manufacture, a piping-strip Ato this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, this 4th day of February, A. D.` 1883.

CHARLES D. WOOD.

Witnesses:

A. SEAVER, C. F. BROWN. 

